Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)